Chapter 657 - 656: Both Descend

"The Star Divine Pill is complete!"

Unaware that Yue Lingxi had appeared, let alone crossed paths with Nangong Xinghui, Yang Xiao was inside the Inner Realm, where he had just effortlessly formed the Star Divine Pill.

Originally, his greatest purpose for coming to the Star God Continent was to form the Star Divine Pill.

But unexpectedly, after killing a few people, he no longer needed to learn the Star Secret Pattern at all. This was because the Great Elder, Xing Hanzi, and Nangong Sheng...

...all three of them...

...possessed the complete Star Secret Pattern. Combined with the Fourth Great Perfection Star Secret Pattern that Yang Xiao had already comprehended, creating the Star Divine Pill couldn’t have been easier.

And once the Star Divine Pill was formed...

Yang Xiao officially possessed twenty Divine Pills within his body.

Among them were ten Yang Divine Pills.

Five Five Elements Divine Pills.

The remaining five were the Star, Time, Void, Emperor Dao, and Devouring Divine Pills.

These five types of Divine Pills were no ordinary Divine Pills to begin with. Not to mention, Yang Xiao had integrated his Chaos Secret Pattern with them, making their power even more terrifying.

The power contained within any single one of them far surpassed the level of an ordinary Small Divine Power Realm cultivator, rivaling the Divine Aspect of a Great Divine Power Realm expert of the same type.

However, Yang Xiao didn’t pay this much mind.

The moment he succeeded in forming the Star Divine Pill, he immediately took out vast amounts of energy and resources, infusing them into the twenty Divine Pills.

In an instant.

The twenty Divine Pills all advanced at almost the exact same moment.

They reached the Peak of the First Level of the Small Divine Power Realm.

And within Yang Xiao’s body...

A large amount of Essence Qi began to surge forth.

It was none other than Heaven and Earth Origin Essence Qi.

’After I refine the Essence Qi from this Heaven and Earth Origin Fire, my physical aptitude will definitely rise another level, becoming a Middle Level, Middle-grade Treasure Body. My Physical Strength and Spiritual Level will likely improve as well.’

Yang Xiao closed his eyes.

He began to temper his body.

This time, however, he didn’t spend much time on it.

With sufficient resources and power, and because time was short, he had activated the Power of Time from the very beginning of his cultivation, constantly accelerating the flow of time around him.

So, while only half a day had passed in the outside world...

...his Essence and Qi Refinement was already complete.

His constitution became even more perfect. The Void Divine Sword formed by his Heaven-Gifted Treasure Skill was now comparable to a Middle Grade Treasure Weapon and faintly approached the level of an Upper-Grade Treasure Weapon.

The Secret Pattern formed by the Treasure Skill also grew more perfect.

Of course, the greatest gain was to his Physical Strength. This infusion of Essence Qi increased it by one full Flood Dragon Power. His Physical Strength, which was already at roughly 410 Flood Dragon Power and had shown no significant growth, rose once more to the level of 411 Flood Dragon Power.

This came as a pleasant surprise to Yang Xiao.

After all, the majority of his current power lay in his Physical Strength. It was this dominant Physical Strength, combined with the Emperor Golden Dragon Secret Technique, that gave him the power to rival a Quasi True God and even contend with a Tier One True God.

Now that his Physical Strength had improved again, he was naturally delighted.

But Yang Xiao knew.

His current strength was still too weak.

So, after completing the refinement of the Essence Qi from the Heaven and Earth Origin Fire, he immediately summoned his Fire God Clone.

And began to merge with it.

To advance to the Green Flame Sixth Revolution.

’After merging with the Fire God Clone, I should be able to directly reach the Peak of Green Flame Sixth Revolution. Then, I can temper my body once more to achieve Great Perfection in the Green Flame Realm. But before that, there’s the Ice Soul Profound Pearl. This thing is an object of Supreme Yin and Cold. An ordinary person, even a True God, probably couldn’t even touch it. But I’ve absorbed five types of Supreme Yin Spirit Fire, and now with this Supreme Yin Divine Fire, absorbing the power within it won’t be difficult.’

As the thought crossed his mind, Yang Xiao took out the Ice Soul Profound Pearl.

This thing.

Han Xuanming actually had plenty of them; there were over a hundred in his Storage Daoist Ring.

It was just as Yang Xiao had thought: an ordinary person, even a True God, couldn’t touch it. Han Xuanming had been able to collect them only because he had accidentally merged with the weakest of all Ice Soul Profound Pearls, which allowed him to break through to the Demigod Realm in one fell swoop.

He had even used the Origin of the Ice Soul Profound Pearl to replace his Heart of Secret Patterns.

His combat power was even greater than that of a typical Demigod.

But even so, all these years, he could only touch the Ice Soul Profound Pearls without being harmed; he was unable to absorb any more of the Supreme Yin and Cold Qi from them.

That was why he had been stuck at the Half-step True God Realm.

Forever unable to advance.

As for the Ice Soul Profound Pearls he had collected, they had become his one-time-use, high-damage weapons.

But now, they had all fallen into Yang Xiao’s hands.

And so...

He merged with the Fire God Clone, using its Supreme Yin Divine Fire to advance to the Green Flame Realm Sixth Revolution.

Then, he absorbed the Supreme Yin and Cold Qi from within the Ice Soul Profound Pearl.

Soon.

A change occurred within Yang Xiao’s body.

His entire body was encased in ice, like a statue.

But inside...

...an unquenchable flame had formed.

It symbolized an indestructible Life Force.

And it was growing stronger and stronger.

It was as if something was gestating within.

...

「Three days later.」

On the Star God Continent, high above Star God Academy, a massive tear ripped open in the sky.

This time, compared to Nangong Sheng’s arrival three days prior, the aura was far more powerful, and the tear in the sky was countless times larger. The moment it appeared...

...it caused all living beings on the Star God Continent to tremble in fear.

The Tutors and Elders of Star God Academy all came out, one after another.

They gazed at the sky with hope in their eyes.

They stared at the tear.

One of them muttered, "This time, it looks like the Third Young Master has come personally! Now we don’t have to live in fear anymore. We don’t have to worry about being killed by that boy if we’re not careful. This is great!"

These Tutors and Elders...

...were all incredibly excited.

Then, the tear in the sky did not disappoint them.

Soon, a beautiful, giant beast—snow-white all over, with scales and horns, resembling a Qilin—emerged from the rift.

The aura it exuded was terrifying.

The Tutors were stunned just by the sight of it.

But the Elders cried out in alarm.

"It’s a Stepping Void Cloud Beast! Heavens, that’s a high-grade Divine Beast! It’s said to have one-third Qilin Divine Beast blood. Every single one is extremely precious and incredibly rare, with extraordinary combat power comparable to an Upper-Grade Dao Body Practitioner!"

But before their voices could fade...

...another snow-white beast emerged.

It was another Stepping Void Cloud Beast.

Then a third, a fourth...

In the end, a full sixteen Stepping Void Cloud Beasts appeared before the crowd. Each one of these sixteen beasts had an aura equivalent to a Tier Five True God, possessing Divine General Level strength.

Yet these Divine Beasts were shackled by thick, golden chains, which all led back to an enormous war chariot.

The chariot was engraved with patterns of the sun, moon, and stars.

Its aura was deep and heavy.

One look was enough to tell it was an utterly terrifying Divine Artifact.

The moment it appeared...

...the already shocked inhabitants of the Star God Continent...

...instantly...

...dropped to their knees, covering the ground.

A supreme aura emanated from the war chariot, forcing everyone on the continent to lower their heads, their hearts filling with the urge to submit.

This included the Second Elder, who was at the Tier Two True God Level.

It also included the countless proud and arrogant students, as well as the Tutors and Elders.

There were no exceptions.

And at that moment.

The door to the chariot opened.

Two figures emerged, one right after the other.

One was a young man dressed in lavish, light purple robes.

Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with him was a woman in a long white dress, her expression cold and aloof.

It was none other than Nangong Xinghui and Yue Lingxi.